Assistant Controller 110k-120k Base + Bonus Riverside, CA

Location: Riverside CA (On-site)

Compensation: $110000-$120000 base plus a 10% annual performance bonus ($13000) comprehensive corporate healthcare package PTO and 401(k) match

Employment: Full-time permanent (direct hire)

An established rapidly growing food manufacturing company is hiring an Assistant Controller to lead day-to-day operational accounting and plant cost-control systems. This is a senior-level lieutenant role working directly alongside the Plant Controller: managing a local team maintaining technical GAAP integrity and transforming production floor data into actionable financial insights to drive business performance.

What Youll Own

- Supervise mentor and review the performance of a 5-person operational accounting team across Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable and General Ledger (2 professional 3 clerical reports)

- Own the execution of monthly and year-end close processes including journal entries robust account reconciliations and the preparation of monthly financial statements in compliance with GAAP

- Manage all plant-floor cost accounting activities including standard costing configurations inventory variance analysis (material labor scrap yield loss) and complex overhead allocations

- Oversee multi-location inventory performance monitoring physical cycle counts tracking transactions and executing tracking metrics to maximize inventory precision

- Act as the internal finance power-user for the NetSuite ERP platform to optimize daily financial operations and financial reporting workflows

- Partner cross-functionally with manufacturing supply chain and operations teams to monitor cost drivers and support operational efficiency

- Assist with annual external audits board reporting preparation executive presentations and regulatory compliance

What Youll Bring

- 10 or more years of progressive corporate accounting experience with clear continuity within a physical manufacturing environment

- Strong proven proficiency utilizing NetSuite ERP within an industrial or plant setting

- Solid hands-on background in cost accounting standard costing and inventory valuation systems

- Experience with financial forecasting budgeting and driver-based financial modeling

- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (including Macros Pivot Tables and lookups)

- Clear experience directly supervising line staff or an accounting sub-team

Nice to Have

- Food or beverage manufacturing background (perishable goods experience)

- Active professional certifications (CPA or CMA)

If you are a hands-on accounting professional who can lead a local team navigate NetSuite seamlessly and partner with plant operations to protect product margins this is a high-ownership seat with real bonus upside.